The overnight patch was a bit of a non-event, this week. A fix to the inability to meld covers onto socketed gear is "currently being tested", and a fix for an issue with Mondshine's raids is "currently being worked on". The "One More Card" has been added to the item mall, for 99 ap giving you a chance to add an extra socket to an item - not a very high chance, apparently. "No new content updates at this time", the patch notes end sadly.
So, there wasn't any noticeable patch to download before my assorted characters could start putting in their half-hour appearances to maintain their 10% "attendance allowance" experience bonus. Various stones and herbs were mined and gathered, and after the older computer had played host to three characters off the list, RedRackham logged on there, and headed for Merac, while the other characters took turns on the newer computer.
The double pet experience had continued at least an hour and a half after its scheduled ending time last night, which was useful for RedRackham - it probably ran until the maintenance downtime began, in fact. Things were back to normal today, though. Still, RedRackham got his horse into level 36 by lunchtime. And before she logged out as my final "attender", MistressSabina used a few of her tokens on the Lacarette wheel. While she did get a couple of potions of haste, she did manage to get five heaven stones from one spin, which can't be bad.
The afternoon session, however, was a full-length one, lasting just about the whole three hours of the Elizabeth's Enhancement buff. This should be my Katar Kaerella's final session with the orc sergeants and orc axemen, as it took her into level 38. In her combat party with RedRyder, on level 28, she was still getting some useful experience and skill exp, but taking Red up further in such a teaming wouldn't do her any favours, she'll need to concentrate on getting her own skill points if she is going to get anywhere.
The back room was, as so often, busy, but the corridor room was free, thankfully, though, judging by the gold left on the floor, only recently vacated. There was a slightly unpleasant mage called UnespectedMage who came along at one point, competed for the kills, and started up with the "don't ks" refrain when I didn't let her have all of them to herself, but after a little bad language she departed. The archer DouceColombe took up position close by towards the end, I don't think she speaks much English but we've exchanged greetings a few times over recent days there.
By the end, Kaerella had added 39.22% and 621 guild points, while RedRyder was up by 32.00% and 92 guild points...and they'd each gained 301 skill points. That leaves Red almost halfway through level 28.
The evening session was just a half-length one. There was a high-level "Mad Monster Spawn" on Auzura scheduled to start at 6:30pm, UK time, but I didn't feel particularly in the mood for that, as a level 92 rogue would have a fairly risky time there - and I'm glad I didn't, as soon after 6:30 people appeared in the forum shoutbox wondering why it hadn't started. I assume it did start eventually, when the GMs woke up from what would have been a pre-lunch snooze in their time zone, but it must have got rolling at least a quarter of an hour late.
What I did do for a couple of hours was take my level 88 cleric Kaerella and my level 87 phoenix ranger RedRydeR out in a combat party to the Tomb of Theos on Cariae-4, just, unboosted, to fight the screaming zombies, and maybe get some pet experience and gold. They may both have good level 85 +15 weapons, of their different classes, but Red damaged the screamies twice as fast as Kae did, and levelled up during the session, adding 33.65%, and 1686 pet points. Kae added just 14.38%, and 1099 pet points - and they each gained 5 skill points.
The Tomb was pretty quiet, at least at its start; a junior-level knight did appear once, but didn't stay around. There was another team of two players who appeared after a while, and, curiously, they too were a ranger and a cleric, though not as high level, so had to adopt a more cautious approach. With Kae and Red, if an extra zombie spawned nearby, Kaerella would attack it and take it for her own - then when Red finished the zombie they'd previously been fighting, he'd switch too. Kae didn't have to do any healing, though her Encourage buff helped Red a little.
Once Kaerella and RedRydeR had logged out, I just had time to put RedRackham back to work pet-levelling on a gnoll lancer in Merac - and he got the pale blue horse up past about 40% of level 36, so it won't be long before it is ready to be mounted.
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